14 Responses to “Mouthing Off: Girls Can Be Pretty And Good At Math”

Well, that’s some serious bullshit. As someone who was A) a math major in college and B) has two girls at a top school I can honestly say that doing math and being pretty is not only possible but mandatory.

Sadly, this doesn’t surprise me. Have you ever looked at the model info on Forever 21’s site? They put the girls’ height and the size they wear. Very VERY disturbing. It will say: “Meagan is 6’5″ and is wearing a size small.” WTF?? Not. A. Good. Influence. On Girls!

Anybody remember the Barbie that said about the same thing (“Math is so hard!”)? ‘Cause I do! Anyway, my parents – my mom in particular – were livid about that. Just pisses me off that 20 years later, it’s the same crap.

oh, and I didn’t take much from the Barbie – just like I don’t think that blondes are best, it didn’t stop me from loving math class! I majored in chemistry (science = applied math) in college and before my son was born, I was a math & science teacher.

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Comment by Math Whiz.

This is just disgusting. I’m a teenager in an advanced math class and, though the class is pretty small (8 kids), I’m the only girl. There were two others, but they switched, voluntarily, from this class to a less difficult one. This seems to me to demonstrate just how much stereotypes like this are affecting girls today.

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